2D Numerical Investigation of the Laminar and Turbulent Flow Over Different Airfoils Using OpenFOAM

The aim of this work is to assess the prediction capabilities of the turbulence models and the transition model kkl-ω available in OpenFOAM and to achieve a database of airfoil aerodynamical characteristics. The airfoils chosen for the simulations are FX 79-W- 15A and NACA 63-430, which are widely u...

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Published inJournal of physics. Conference series Vol. 555; no. 1; pp. 12070 - 9
Main Authors Rahimi, H, Medjroubi, W, Stoevesandt, B, Peinke, J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.01.2014
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Aerodynamics
Airfoils
Computing time
Drag coefficients
Interpolation
Laminar flow
Mathematical models
Meshing
Navier-Stokes equations
Physics
Turbulence models
Turbulent flow
Wind turbines
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Summary:The aim of this work is to assess the prediction capabilities of the turbulence models and the transition model kkl-ω available in OpenFOAM and to achieve a database of airfoil aerodynamical characteristics. The airfoils chosen for the simulations are FX 79-W- 15A and NACA 63-430, which are widely used in wind turbines. The numerically obtained lift and drag coefficients are compared with available experimental results. A quantitative and qualitative study is conducted to determine the influence of meshing strategies, computational time step together with interpolation and temporal schemes. Two Reynolds Averaged Navier- Stokes models (RANS models) are used, which are the k-ω SST model by Menter and the kkl-ω model (which involves transition modeling) by Walters and Davor.
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ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/555/1/012070